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Scott O'Dell was born May 23, 1898 in Los Angeles, California as
O'dell Gabriel Scott. Best known as a children's historical fiction writer,
O'Dell had a varied career. He was a technical director for Paramount Studios,
a cameraman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a book columnist for the
Los Angeles Mirror , a book editor for the
Los Angeles Daily News , and, beginning in 1934, a
full time author. During World War II he served in the United States Air Force.
Among other awards, his books have earned several Newbery Honor Awards, the
Newbery Medal in 1961 for Island of the Blue
Dolphins , and the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972. In 1972 O'Dell
became the second American to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. He
created the annual Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction award in 1981 to encourage
the production of historical fiction. O'Dell passed away in 1989 of prostate
cancer, at the age of 91, having nearly finished My Name
Is Not Angelica , and after finishing the holograph for
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains.

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